Steven Forti

Steven Forti (born 1981 in Trento) is an Italian historian and associate professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB).^[1][2] He specialises in the study of fascisms, nationalisms, and far-right movements in contemporary history.^[3][4][5]

He received his PhD in History in 2011 from UAB with a dissertation supervised by Pere Ysàs and Luciano Casali, which formed the basis of his work El peso de la nación. Nicola Bombacci, Paul Marion y Óscar Pérez Solís en la Europa de entreguerras (2014), examining the shift of left-wing politicians toward fascist positions during the interwar period. In 2017 he co-edited, together with Enric Ucelay-Da Cal and Arnau González i Vilalta, the study El Proceso separatista en Cataluña. Análisis de un pasado reciente (2006-2017).^[6]

He is a member of the Centre d'Estudis sobre les Èpoques Franquista i Democràtica (CEFID) and the Seminari Interuniversitari d'Investigadors del Feixisme (SIdIF).^[6]